HR Bitch, help -

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wow- you have a wimpy boss and a stupid org that actually cares about this crap! I know this since I worked at a place like this- my boss actually gave a crap about this stuff (RED FLAG)- other people actually care if you go to the bathroom in another department (you need to go to your own)- RED FLAG- basically - a place of self perpetuating psychos. You can play the game but if you don't get it by now (are not psycho)- chances are you won't have or want to have a future at this place. Your boss is a super red flag- you can't change this stuff either. You can change your future and I would strongly suggest looking elsewhere and leaving this place. Gl.

BTW, my wimpy boss said he didn't care but some other lower level mgr did - one some really stupid petty stuff- like ONE thing- but that was in my review? That is not the reason why I am not with this firm anymore - but it should have been a red flag to get out way sooner.

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Anonymous wrote:As part of my formal performance appraisal process, I received some weird feedback. My manager said that someone else in our company (but diff dept) complained that I used the microwave in the pantry before her, even though she was next in line, and that this woman then complained to other people about me. I'd never go out of my way to do something rude, and it makes me uncomfortable that random office gossip is part of my review. Apparently other staff also complains that I leave meetings sometimes in the middle to fill up my water bottle. We have long meetings sometimes, and I usually fill up the water bottle when I need to go to the bathroom anyways. Thoughts on how to mitigate this? I only get positive comments on my actual work.

Just look for another job. Bathrooms and water are protected activities. SMH
And your company sucks ass and your boss is a nitwit. So annoyed

Ha ha ha no, water bottles are not protected activity. Nor is drinking so much that you can't sit through an hour long meeting. Millenials!

I guess your the dummy that necessitated this code and interpretation.
SUBJECT: Interpretation of 29 CFR 1910.141(c)(1)(i): Toilet Facilities
...The sanitation standard is intended to ensure that employers provide employees with sanitary and available toilet facilities, so that employees will not suffer the adverse health effects that can result if toilets are not available when employees need them. Individuals vary significantly in the frequency with which they need to urinate and defecate, with pregnant women, women with stress incontinence, and men with prostatic hypertrophy needing to urinate more frequently. Increased frequency of voiding may also be caused by various medications, by environmental factors such as cold, and by high fluid intake, which may be necessary for individuals working in a hot environment. Diet, medication use, and medical condition are among the factors that can affect the frequency of defecation. ...
The language and structure of the general industry sanitation standard reflect the Agency's intent that employees be able to use toilet facilities promptly. The standard requires that toilet facilities be "provided" in every workplace. The most basic meaning of "provide" is "make available." See Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition, 1988, defining "provide" as "to make available; to supply (someone with something);" Borton Inc. V. OSHRC, 734 F.2d 508, 510 (l0th Cir. 1984) (usual meaning of provide is "to furnish, supply, or make available"); Usery v. Kennecott Copper Corp., 577 F.2d 1113, 1119 (10th Cir, 1978) (same); Secretary v. Baker Concrete Constr. Co., 17 OSH Cas. (BNA) 1236, 1239 (concurring opinion; collecting cases); Contractors Welding of Western New York, Inc., 15 OSH Cas. (BNA) 1249, 1250 (same).1 Toilets that employees are not allowed to use for extended periods cannot be said to be "available" to those employees. Similarly, a clear intent of the requirement in Table J-1 that adequate numbers of toilets be provided for the size of the workforce is to assure that employees will not have to wait in long lines to use those facilities. Timely access is the goal of the standard.